NEW PALTZ >> Students of African American history now have online access to a report from the Second Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question, held at Lake Mohonk, in June 1891.

Reported and edited by Isabel C. Barrows, the historical material was published online by the Sojourner Truth Library, which fosters learning and supports scholarship at SUNY New Paltz by providing an array of information resources and services. The document was made available online via the Hudson River Valley Heritage website.

Albert K. Smiley and family, who owned Lake Mohonk Mountain House, held a series of yearly conferences on “Friends of the Indian” from 1883 to 1916 and again in 1929. The Smileys underwrote the housing and hotel service costs for the conferences. Only two conferences were held on the “Negro Question” topic.